Flobots - White Flag Warrior lyrics

Jonny 5:
We request to negotiate
We come to you unarmed
We desire to communicate
You cannot do us harm

Jonny 5:
They want sacrifice: they had schemes and asked me
to follow their path to the afterlife
I've got an appetite for nice things and pipe dreams
that my enemies could be blasted by

New metaphors view that are better for
you, can't survive if I'm your competitor
Rise together or fight separate wars
I pray I'm never forced to be a predator

Brer Rabbit:
Spectres spectate, we won't last
We glad to hate when gladiators breathe their last
Scream en masse when the dreams do clash
Like the swords in the wars, let me bleed on that

Let me feed on that, say we need strong backs
Call us weak if we don't redeem contracts
But the feast wont last; when the beast attacks
The sons and the fathers will be free at last

Tim McIlrath:
This is love; it's not treason
This is love; it's not treason
This is love; it's not treason
This is love; it's not treason
This is love

Jonny 5:
They see sharks in the estuary
They claim the ark is Bartholemew's
They say "War is necessary"
But we say, "War is child abuse"

Tim McIlrath/Jonny 5:
We'd rather make our children (We request to negotiate)
Martyrs than murderers (We come to you unarmed)
We'd rather make our children (We desire to communicate)
White Flag Warriors

Brer Rabbit:
Take to the core we're the one's we've been waiting for
We hold steady, steady on the step of door
The type of you are matadors and matadors are capable
Forgive the death and settle scores and test the metal and the ore [Lyrics from: https:/lyrics.az/flobots/survival-story/white-flag-warrior.html]

What's your plan go to do with me?
If the bell tolls us let freedom ring
And find the new ways that we must be king
Instead of leading the young to our suffering

Jonny 5:
We pass testaments down scream back at heaven
For testing us like Wednesdays at eleven
Wanna recruit and train us to act evilly?
Save it for the shooting range and smack DVDs

Won't study war no more this millennium
It's never again to me or anyone
So think harder when you refer to us
Rather make our children martyrs than murderers

Tim McIlrath:
This is love; this is not treason
This is love; this is not treason
This is love; this is not treason
This is love; this is not treason
This is love

Jonny 5:
They shell dwellings to quell the shelling
They lift taboos to seduce the cowards
They say we're too yellow-bellied
But we say we're the new superpower

Tim McIlrath/Jonny 5:
We'd rather make our children (We request to negotiate)
Martyrs than murderers (We come to you unarmed)
We'd rather make our children (We desire to communicate)
White Flag Warriors (You cannot do us harm)

Jonny 5:
We seek waivers to not be liable
We claim to speak for a higher truth
We stand opposed to the homicidal
We tell you you're fireproof

Tim McIlrath/Jonny 5:
We'd rather make our children (We request to negotiate)
Martyrs than murderers (We come to you unarmed)
We'd rather make our children (We desire to communicate)
White Flag Warriors

Jonny 5:
Give to us your courage
Ask us what you will
Demand from us a sacrifice,
But do not make us kill